Travel through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 86 Governing Youzhou ([-])

"Brother, come take a rest and drink some water."

"Well, okay, my brother is doing well, come out to work, and come out with hot soup?" "Haha, Lao Liu, I don't mind being with you, let me drink a bowl."

In the next few fields, several families are working.

"Your brother, it's true, you are so lazy, you said that you will be tired if you come out and bring a crock pot." This old Liu laughed and scolded the person who came behind.

"Hey, I know that you, old Liu, are kind. Don't worry, I won't take advantage of you. Wait for the swing, why don't I buy you a drink?" The two seemed to be familiar with each other, and they were joking.

"Oh, you turned out to be mung bean soup!" The old farmer who was called by the old Liu said in surprise.

"What's the matter, brother, you're new here, where did you come from?" "I'm from Xuzhou, no, because Ah Man's father was slaughtered by Tao Qian, and our people followed suit, and was killed by Ah Man Ah, there are corpses all over the field, that is miserable, and my son and I ran out of our house, no, I heard that Yang Youzhou from Youzhou is a nice person, after wandering around for a long time, I finally arrived here It’s coming, but it’s better to hear it than to see it. As soon as we came, we allocated [-] mu of land, and [-] mu of it was planted with crops. After the harvest, it will bloom in four or six at the end of the year. The four of us don't need to pay taxes, and let us pay taxes next year, Yang Youzhou, it's really good." The old man said gratefully.

"Brother, you are here. From a national perspective, our place is the most stable, and it looks like this, at least for a few decades, we will continue to be stable. That is your eldest nephew, right? , have you signed up to be a militia? Let me tell your brother, this is our own industry, we need to protect it ourselves, hurry up and let your nephew go to Lizheng to sign up, and your brother can also sign up as an assistant military."

Lao Liu persuaded. "Why, have you all signed up? I also heard from Lizheng that we should sign up to volunteer, but going to war here will kill people?" The old man hesitated.

"Let me tell you, you basically don't need us to fight a war. We just follow the training a few times a year. What's more, if there are public projects, we will also be allowed to do them. Moreover, this work is done every year. After a long time, there are still wages to be paid, and wars are done by the army, we can't be elected to the army, if we are elected to the army, the salary is not ordinary high."

"Brother, what do you mean?" "Brother, the eldest nephew over there is always looking at you, why don't you let the eldest nephew come over to drink some water, take a rest, I don't think your family has any livestock, you should apply Yes, look at our house, we have two cows, two horses, and fifty sheep and pigs."

"Brother, this, we don't have any money. We escaped from famine and don't even have complete clothes. Where did we get the money to buy cattle and horses?"

"I said brother, you don't understand this. You only need to go to Lizheng to sign a contract, and you can get two cows and two horses soon. If you have a chance, you can also get some sheep to graze. And You don’t need to pay for these livestock right away, you only need to repay a part of the money every year, even if there is a cow, it will be given to you directly, and those sheep, you can raise them until the end of the year, as long as they don’t die Yes, you can keep one-fifth, and hand in the rest."

"Can it be so good?" "Yes, you adopted it. If it is your own, it is your property. If you raise pigs and sheep, you can pay taxes if you pay it. Pigs, a A catty of pigs can support ten catties of grain, and a catty of sheep can support twenty catties of grain. However, I heard that this is a strategy to encourage us to raise sheep and pigs. Maybe everyone will raise them. It came down a lot."

When several old farmers, even many old farmers, were discussing these things, Yang Yu was also studying the things in the farmland with Jushou, Liu Hui, and Chen Gong.

"My lord, is this pig suitable for grazing? It doesn't grow big. It can grow about [-] to [-] catties a year, so it's not small, and there's a lot of lean meat. Who likes to eat lean meat?"

Chen Gong came later. Naturally, he didn't quite understand some things in Youzhou. "Well, don't worry about it. We still lack lean meat. You know, this lean meat is a good military ration. It can be made into jerky, which can be eaten on the way to the army. Also, farmers, At the end of each year, a few pigs can also be killed and made into bacon. In this way, they will have enough meat for a year. Moreover, this bacon can also be used as military rations. However, this is military rations that require logistics and transportation, so it is not suitable for soldiers. Carry."

Since he started to make wine, promote pig raising, and use manure to manure fields, Yang Yu has developed some strategies, which is to let the rural farmers raise pigs and sheep. Before, he did not ask the rural farmers to raise more sheep, but now, he even put The quantity has been given, it is these two kinds, it is best to raise fifty heads in total, and they are all in the form of grazing. Originally, each family has a field of [-] mu, and the planting is, half of the field will be rested every year, but Yang Yu doesn't intend to let these fields be idle, and it is also possible for the farmers to graze on them. Moreover, Yang Yu also asked people to find and plant a lot of pastures and weeds mainly rooted.

These weeds and pastures are sparsely planted in the resting fields. When grazing, the sheep eat the grass leaves on the ground in front, and even eat some grass roots, and the pigs follow behind to eat the ground. The roots, as well as the scattered grass and leaves gnawed by the sheep in front, as well as sheep manure, the old farmer followed behind to pick up the pig manure and sheep manure, piled them up separately, and fermented them. Good manure too.

However, Yang Yu did not have any basis for the above things, but only based on some experience of later generations. He knew that pigs are omnivorous animals. The rhizomes inside, however, at this time, there are no rhizome plants, such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, so Yang Yu had to choose some weeds with fat roots and plant them, and some medicinal materials, such as yams. In other words, this is just an experiment. If it is successful, it will be widely promoted. Then, the farmers under his rule, not to mention very rich, at least, will not suffer from cold and starvation.

For example, a pig can be exchanged for a few pairs of boots, and a few sheep can be exchanged for a whole body of warm clothes. These are all achievable.

But cattle and horses are neither personal nor public, they are jointly owned by both parties.

"My lord, the people under your rule are really comfortable. When Gong was the magistrate, why didn't you think of this method?" "It's not that you didn't think of it, you thought of it, but can you implement it? The people under your rule Those big landlords, can you let them give up their fields?"

Liu Hui hit Chen Gong, "Besides, you really came to the right place. If you go to any place, with your temper and Fengxian's character, you can stay for a long time. I see you, wherever you go, And he won’t live for three years.” This Liu Hui is really ruthless, but he really sees it well, as expected, in history, didn’t Lu Bu die with Chen Gong!
"That's right, as far as Fengxian's character is concerned, that is, if the lord can be subdued, if he is allowed to be with anyone, his martial arts will be first-rate, and all the princes from all walks of life will use Fengxian if they can use it." His martial power, but only the master knows how to use it well!"

In fact, Chen Gong just didn't say it out, my lord, you used me, but you did it right.

Yes, among the people Lu Bu brought, even including Lu Bu, they are not as important as Yang Yu's attention to Chen Gong. Now, Chen Gong, Jushou, and Liu Hui can be regarded as the three major advisers under Yang Yu. Actually, Chen Gong was very moved.

(End of this chapter)